It’s replaced most friendlies, to give meaning to all internationals and to pit not dissimilar standard nations against each other. With the incentive of promotion between leagues and a trophy for the ultimate winner. At the same it’s used for qualification to European Championships...
Another not very good CB who has a bit of pace, so get favoured for England. I’d rather just have the best two defenders .... Maguire and (unpopular on here probably) Tarkowski, both specialists.
Villa’s forwards/game changers of Grealish, Barkley, McGinn and Watkins, have taken the spotlight...
And Dier was turned inside out by Lukaku, school boy stuff, he ended up facing his own goal enabling a fierce strike.
Playing well at the moment in a Spurs team with overseas team-mates, does not equate to being quality for England.
He makes key mistakes every time he plays CB for England.
Decent managers make the hard but necessary decisions eg Lampard and Klopp ditching error strewn goalies, sentiment and loyalty doesn’t come into it, it’s professional football.
GS’s sad obsession with Pickford, who’s derided by his own club’s supporters.
We won’t win a tournament with our current crop of defenders. WC and EC winners almost always have a brilliant defence.
Mings, Keane and Dier are several levels below Rio, Terry and Campbell, and even they didn’t really get close to international glory.
Don’t believe the hype about Mings and...